A young police officer investigates on the murder of a man who happens to be her lover.

A young police officer investigates on the murder of a man who happens to be her lover.

In this murder case, Inspector Hélène Blain will need more than her usual professional discretion…because the victim is none other than her own adulterous lover François. François is found murdered on the beach. Hélène must summon all her courage to conduct the investigation without revealing her own intimacy with the dead man.

Although a local tramp is arrested, with what seems to be incriminating evidence, Hélène is not satisfied and pursues the matter, suspecting her own husband who could have acted out of revenge. But how can she confound him without exposing herself at the same time ? At the risk of tarnishing her own reputation, Hélène unravels what will prove to be the most gruelling case of her life.